I skimmed across black waterWithout once submergingOnto the banks of an urban morningThat hungers the first lightMuch, much more than mountains ever do

And she, like a ghost beside meGoes down with the ease of a dolphinAnd emerges unlearned, unshamed, unharmedFor she is the perfect creature, natural in every featureAnd I am the geek with the alchemists' stone

For all of you who must discoverFor all who seek to understandFor having left the path of othersYou'll find a very special hand

And it is a holy thingAnd it is a precious timeAnd it is the only wayForget-me-nots among the snowIt's always been, and so it goesTo ponder his death and his life eternally

For all of you who must discoverFor all who seek to understandFor having left the path of othersYou'll find a very special hand

And it is a holy thingAnd it is a precious timeAnd it is the only wayForget-me-nots among the snowIt's always been, and so it goesTo ponder his death and his life eternally

One bright blue rose outlives all thoseTwo thousand years, and still it goesTo ponder his death and his life eternally